Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
	"White Horse" by Chris Stapleton is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	Quality country songs
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1965
Currently held by	Chris Stapleton & "Dan Wilson" for "White Horse" (2024)
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter.

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There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

From 1965 to 1968, it was known as "Best Country & Western Song"
From 1969 to 1983, it was awarded as "Best Country Song"
In 1984, it was awarded as "Best New Country Song "
From 1985 to the present, it has again been awarded as "Best Country Song"

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. Lori McKenna, Josh Kear, and Chris Stapleton hold the record of most wins in the category with three wins each.

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Two-time winner Shane McAnally

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Year^[I]	Recipient(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)	Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses)^[II]	Ref.
1965	Roger Miller	"Dang Me"	Roger Miller	Dottie West & Bill West for "Here Comes My Baby" (Dottie West) Bill Anderson for "Once a Day" (Connie Smith) Betty Sue Perry for "Wine, Women, and Song" (Loretta Lynn) Sonny James & Bob Tubert for "You're the Only World I Know" (Sonny James)
1966	Roger Miller	"King of the Road"	Roger Miller	Ted Harris for "Crystal Chandelier" (Charley Pride) Lew DeWitt for "Flowers on the Wall" (The Statler Brothers) Neal Merritt for "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" (Little Jimmy Dickens) Carl Belew, B. J. Moore, Eddie Busch for "What's He Doing in My World" (Eddy Arnold)
1967	Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton	"Almost Persuaded"	David Houston	Hank Cochran for "Don't Touch Me" (Jeannie Seely) Roger Miller for "Husband and Wives" (Roger Miller) Tompall Glaser & Harlan Howard for "Streets of Baltimore" (Bobby Bare) Dallas Frazier for "There Goes My Everything" (Jack Greene)
1968	John Hartford	"Gentle on My Mind"	Glen Campbell	John D. Loudermilk for "Break My Mind" (George Hamilton IV) Bill Anderson for "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" (Porter Wagoner) Don Robertson, John Crutchfield & Doris Clement for "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (Charley Pride) Dale Noe for "It's Such a Pretty World Today" (Wynn Stewart)
1969	Bobby Russell	"Little Green Apples"	Roger Miller	Curly Putman & Bobby Braddock for "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (Tammy Wynette) Tom T. Hall for "Harper Valley PTA" (Jeannie C. Riley) Bobby Russell for "Honey" (Bobby Goldsboro) Glenn Tubb & Jack Moran for "Skip a Rope" (Henson Cargill)
1970	Shel Silverstein	"A Boy Named Sue"	Johnny Cash	Dallas Frazier & A. L. Owens for "All I Have To Offer You is Me" (Charley Pride) Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette for "Stand by Your Man" (Tammy Wynette) Don Sumner for "The Things That Matter" (Van Trevor) Marty Robbins for "You Gave Me a Mountain" (Marty Robbins)
1971	Marty Robbins	"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"	Marty Robbins	Merle Haggard for "The Fightin' Side of Me" (Merle Haggard) Conway Twitty for "Hello Darlin'" (Conway Twitty) Glenn Martin & Dave Kirby for "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" (Charley Pride) Bill Rice for "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" (Charley Pride)
1972	Kris Kristofferson	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Sammi Smith	Freddie Hart for "Easy Loving" (Freddie Hart) Kris Kristofferson for "For the Good Times" (Ray Price) Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster for "Me and Bobby McGee" (Gordon Lightfoot) Joe South for "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (Lynn Anderson)
1973	Ben Peters	"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"	Charley Pride	Alex Harvey & Larry Collins for "Delta Dawn" (Tanya Tucker) Donna Fargo for "Funny Face" (Donna Fargo) Donna Fargo for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" (Donna Fargo) Gary S. Paxton for "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" (Don Gibson)
1974	Kenny O'Dell	"Behind Closed Doors"	Charlie Rich	Billy Davis & Dottie West for "Country Sunshine" (Dottie West) Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson for "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Charlie Rich) Tom T. Hall for "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine" (Tom T. Hall) Kris Kristofferson for "Why Me" (Kris Kristofferson)
1975	Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill	"A Very Special Love Song"	Charlie Rich	Anita Pointer & Bonnie Pointer for "Fairytale" (The Pointer Sisters) Ray Pennington for "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Waylon Jennings) Merle Haggard for "If We Make it Through December" (Merle Haggard) Janice Torre & Fred Spielman for "Paper Roses" (Marie Osmond)
1976	Chips Moman & Larry Butler	"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"	B. J. Thomas	Vivian Keith & Ben Peters for "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (Freddy Fender) Fred Rose for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (Willie Nelson) Jessi Colter for "I'm Not Lisa" (Jessi Colter) John Martin Sommers for "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (John Denver)
1977	Larry Gatlin	"Broken Lady"	Larry Gatlin	Bob McDill & Dickey Lee for "The Door Is Always Open" (Dave & Sugar) Paul Craft for "Dropkick Me Jesus" (Bobby Bare) Charlie Rich & Billy Sherrill for "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) (Charlie Rich) Paul Craft for "Hank Williams You Wrote My Life" (Moe Bandy)
1978	Richard Leigh	"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"	Crystal Gayle	Glenn Frey & Don Henley for "Desperado" (Johnny Rodriguez) Archie Jordan & Hal David for "It Was Almost Like a Song" (Ronnie Milsap) Roger Bowling & Hal Bynum for "Lucille" (Kenny Rogers) Bobby Emmons & Chips Moman for "Luckenbach, Texas" (Waylon Jennings)
1979	Don Schlitz	"The Gambler"	Kenny Rogers	Jan Dyer & Jeffrey Tweel for "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West) Archie Jordan & Naomi Martin for "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" (Ronnie Milsap) Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce for "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings) David Allen Coe for "Take This Job and Shove It" (Johnny Paycheck)
1980	Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison	"You Decorated My Life"	Kenny Rogers	Larry Gatlin for "All the Gold in California" (Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers) Johnny Mullins for "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Emmylou Harris) Milton Brown, Steve Dorff & Snuff Garrett for "Every Which Way But Loose" (Eddie Rabbitt) David Bellamy for "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" (The Bellamy Brothers)
1981	Willie Nelson	"On the Road Again"	Willie Nelson	David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens for "Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt) Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman for "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (George Jones) Roger Cook & Sam Hogin for "I Believe in You" (Don Williams) Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan for "Lookin' for Love" (Johnny Lee)
1982	Dolly Parton	"9 to 5"	Dolly Parton	Dallas Frazier for "Elvira" (The Oak Ridge Boys) Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Barbara Mandrell) Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie for "Somebody's Knockin'" (Terri Gibbs) Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard for "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (David Frizzell & Shelly West)
1983	Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James	"Always on My Mind"	Willie Nelson	Dewayne Blackwell for "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (David Frizzell) Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "Nobody" (Sylvia) Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy for "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Lee Greenwood) Tim DuBois for "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (Jerry Reed)
1984	Mike Reid	"Stranger in My House"	Ronnie Milsap	Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy for "Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen) Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts for "I.O.U." (Lee Greenwood) Randy Owen for "Lady Down on Love" (Alabama) Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke for "A Little Good News" (Anne Murray)
1985	Steve Goodman	"City of New Orleans"	Willie Nelson	Hank Williams Jr. for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams Jr.) JD Souther for "Faithless Love" (Glen Campbell) Lee Greenwood for "God Bless the U.S.A." (Lee Greenwood) Kenny O'Dell for "Mama He's Crazy" (The Judds)
1986	Jimmy Webb	"Highwayman"	The Highwaymen	Bob McDill for "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Mel McDaniel) Guy Clark for "Desperados Waiting for a Train" (The Highwaymen) Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz for "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Alabama) Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash) Mike Reid, Troy Seals & Fred Parris for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Ronnie Milsap) Kent Robbins for "Love Is Alive" (The Judds)
1987	Jamie O'Hara	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"	The Judds	Holly Dunn for "Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn) Steve Earle for "Guitar Town" (Steve Earle) Dwight Yoakam for "Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam) Kendal Franceschi & Quentin Powers for "Whoever's in New England" (Reba McEntire)
1988	Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz	"Forever and Ever, Amen"	Randy Travis	Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer for "All My Ex's Live in Texas" (George Strait) K. T. Oslin for "80's Ladies" (K. T. Oslin) Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose for "I'll Still Be Loving You" (Restless Heart) Betsy Cook & Linda Thompson for "Telling Me Lies" (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)
1989	K. T. Oslin	"Hold Me"	K. T. Oslin	Vern Gosdin & Max D. Barnes for "Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin) Rodney Crowell for "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell) Lyle Lovett for "She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett) Homer Joy for "Streets of Bakersfield" (Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens)
1990	Rodney Crowell	"After All This Time"	Rodney Crowell	Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas for "A Better Man" (Clint Black) k.d. lang & Ben Mink for "Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang) John Hiatt for "She Don't Love Nobody" (The Desert Rose Band) Hank Williams for "There's a Tear in My Beer" (Hank Williams & Hank Williams Jr.)
1991	Don Henry & Jon Vezner	"Where've You Been"	Kathy Mattea	K. T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black for "Come Next Monday" (K. T. Oslin) Tony Arata for "The Dance" (Garth Brooks) DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee for "Friends in Low Places" (Garth Brooks) Vince Gill & Tim DuBois for "When I Call Your Name" (Vince Gill)
1992	John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	The Judds	Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall for "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (Alan Jackson) Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Down at the Twist and Shout" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Dolly Parton for "Eagle When She Flies" (Dolly Parton) Travis Tritt for "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (Travis Tritt)
1993	Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis	"I Still Believe in You"	Vince Gill	Don Von Tress for "Achy Breaky Heart" (Billy Ray Cyrus) Richard Leigh & Layng Martine Jr. for "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Reba McEntire) Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz for "I Feel Lucky" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Dave Loggins for "She Is His Only Need" (Wynonna Judd)
1994	Lucinda Williams	"Passionate Kisses"	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Kostas & James House for "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Dwight Yoakam) Alan Jackson & Jim McBride for "Chattahoochee" (Alan Jackson) Sandy Knox & Billy Stretch for "Does He Love You" (Reba McEntire & Linda Davis) Mary Chapin Carpenter for "The Hard Way" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
1995	Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers	"I Swear"	John Michael Montgomery	Burton Banks Collins & Karen Taylor-Good for "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" (Patty Loveless) Gretchen Peters for "Independence Day" (Martina McBride) Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Vince Gill & Michael Omartian for "When Love Finds You" (Vince Gill)
1996	Vince Gill	"Go Rest High on That Mountain"	Vince Gill	Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain for "Any Man Of Mine" (Shania Twain) Bob McDill for "Gone Country" (Alan Jackson) Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond & Jennifer Kimball for "I Can Love You Like That" (John Michael Montgomery) Gretchen Peters for "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Patty Loveless)
1997	Bill Mack	"Blue"	LeAnn Rimes	Angelo Petraglia, Larry Gottlieb & Kim Richey for "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Trisha Yearwood) Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound" (Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station) Junior Brown for "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" (Junior Brown) Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison for "Strawberry Wine" (Deana Carter)
1998	Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas	"Butterfly Kisses"	Bob Carlisle	Bob McDill & Dean Dillon for "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (Pam Tillis) Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart for "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Deana Carter) Bobby Wood, John Peppard & Garth Brooks for "In Another's Eyes" (Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood) Stephony Smith for "It's Your Love" (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
1999	Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain	"You're Still the One"	Shania Twain	Billy Kirsh & Steve Wariner for "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (Steve Wariner) Vince Gill & Troy Seals for "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" (Vince Gill) Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner & Annie Roboff for "This Kiss" (Faith Hill) Bob Dylan for "To Make You Feel My Love" (Garth Brooks)
2000	Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain	"Come On Over"	Shania Twain	Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, and Aimee Mayo for "Amazed" (Lonestar) Mike Curtis & Billy Yates for "Choices" (George Jones) Marcus Hummon & Martie Seidel for "Ready to Run" (Dixie Chicks) Bill Anderson & Steve Wariner for "Two Teardrops" (Steve Wariner)
2001	Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers	"I Hope You Dance"	Lee Ann Womack	Stephanie Bentley & Holly Lamar for "Breathe" (Faith Hill) Vince Gill for "Feels Like Love" (Vince Gill) Don Cook & David Malloy for "One Voice" (Billy Gilman) Michael Dulaney & Keith Follese for "The Way You Love Me" (Faith Hill)
2002	Robert Lee Castleman	"The Lucky One"	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Gary Baker, Richie McDonald, & Frank Myers for "I'm Already There" (Lonestar) Steven Dale Jones & Bobby Tomberlin for "One More Day" (Diamond Rio) Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal, & Shaye Smith for "There Is No Arizona" (Jamie O'Neal) Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal, & Sonny Tillis for "When I Think About Angels" (Jamie O'Neal)
2003	Alan Jackson	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"	Alan Jackson	Kelley Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller for "The Impossible" (Joe Nichols) Darrell Scott for "Long Time Gone" (Dixie Chicks) Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin for "Mendocino County Line" (Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack) Radney Foster & Pat Green for "Three Days" (Pat Green)
2004	Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"	Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett	Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith for "Beer for My Horses" (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith) Brad Paisley for "Celebrity" (Brad Paisley) Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain for "Forever And For Always" (Shania Twain) Pat Green, David Neuhauser, & Justin Pollard for "Wave on Wave" (Pat Green)
2005	Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman	"Live Like You Were Dying"	Tim McGraw	Rodney Crowell & Vince Gill for "It's Hard to Kiss The Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" (Notorious Cherry Bombs) Loretta Lynn for "Miss Being Mrs." (Loretta Lynn) Loretta Lynn & Allen Shamblin for "Portland Oregon" (Loretta Lynn & Jack White) John Rich & Gretchen Wilson for "Redneck Woman" (Gretchen Wilson)
2006	Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon	"Bless the Broken Road"	Rascal Flatts	Brad Paisley for "Alcohol" (Brad Paisley) Vicky McGehee, John Rich, & Gretchen Wilson for "All Jacked Up" (Gretchen Wilson) Keb Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison for "I Hope" (Dixie Chicks) Odie Blackmon for "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" (Lee Ann Womack)
2007	Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson	"Jesus, Take the Wheel"	Carrie Underwood	Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, & Steve Bogard for "Every Mile a Memory" (Dierks Bentley) Matraca Berg & Jim Collins for "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" (Gretchen Wilson) Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman for "Like Red on a Rose" (Alan Jackson) Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele for "What Hurts the Most" (Rascal Flatts)
2008	Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear	"Before He Cheats"	Carrie Underwood	Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, & Jamey Johnson for "Give It Away" (George Strait) Tony Lane & David Lee for "I Need You" (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill) Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren for "If You're Reading This" (Tim McGraw) Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, & Steve Bogard for "Long Trip Alone" (Dierks Bentley)
2009	Jennifer Nettles	"Stay"	Sugarland	Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan for "Dig Two Graves" (Randy Travis) Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell, & Wade Kirby for "I Saw God Today" (George Strait) Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, & James Otto for "In Color" (Jamey Johnson) Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller for "You're Gonna Miss This" (Trace Adkins)
2010	Liz Rose & Taylor Swift	"White Horse"	Taylor Swift	Casey Beathard & Tim James for "All I Ask For Anymore" (Trace Adkins) Jamey Johnson & James T. Slater for "High Cost of Living" (Jamey Johnson) Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, & Hillary Scott for "I Run to You" (Lady Antebellum) Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones for "People Are Crazy" (Billy Currington)
2011	Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott	"Need You Now"	Lady Antebellum	Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon, & Jessie Jo Dillon for "The Breath You Take" (George Strait) Zac Brown for "Free" (Zac Brown Band) Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin for "The House That Built Me" (Miranda Lambert) Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate, & Sam Tate for "I'd Love to Be Your Last" (Gretchen Wilson) Kimberly Perry for "If I Die Young" (The Band Perry)
2012	Taylor Swift	"Mean"	Taylor Swift	Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy for "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" (Thompson Square) Dave Barnes for "God Gave Me You" (Blake Shelton) Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, & Ed Hill for "Just Fishin'" (Trace Adkins) Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley, & Dillan O'Brian for "Threaten Me with Heaven" (Vince Gill) Matraca Berg & Deana Carter for "You and Tequila" (Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter)
2013	Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins	"Blown Away"	Carrie Underwood	Philip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn for "Cost of Livin'" (Ronnie Dunn) Will Hoge & Eric Paslay for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" (Eli Young Band) Jay Knowles & Adam Wright for "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" (Alan Jackson) Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, & Ryan Tyndell for "Springsteen" (Eric Church)
2014	Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, & Josh Osborne	"Merry Go 'Round"	Kacey Musgraves	Taylor Swift for "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift) Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, & Jimmy Yeary for "I Drive Your Truck" (Lee Brice) Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves for "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda Lambert) Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, & Deric Ruttan for "Mine Would Be You" (Blake Shelton)	^[1]
2015	Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond	"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"	Glen Campbell	Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, & Shane McAnally for "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney) Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, & Miranda Lambert for "Automatic" (Miranda Lambert) Eric Church & Luke Laird for "Give Me Back My Hometown" (Eric Church) Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, & Jeffrey Steele for "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)	^[2]
2016	Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose	"Girl Crush"	Little Big Town	Hayes Carll for "Chances Are" (Lee Ann Womack) Barry Dean, Luke Laird, & Jonathan Singleton for "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (Tim McGraw) Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones for "Hold My Hand" (Brandy Clark) Chris Stapleton for "Traveller" (Chris Stapleton)	^[2]
2017	Lori McKenna	"Humble and Kind"	Tim McGraw	Clint Langenberg, Hillary Lindsey, & Steven Lee Olsen for "Blue Ain't Your Color" (Keith Urban) Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett, & Joe Spargur for "Die a Happy Man" (Thomas Rhett) Michael James Ryan Busbee, & Maren Morris for "My Church" (Maren Morris) Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, & Josh Osborne for "Vice" (Miranda Lambert)	^[3]
2018	Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton	"Broken Halos"	Chris Stapleton	Taylor Swift for "Better Man" (Little Big Town) Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, & Josh Osborne for "Body Like a Back Road" (Sam Hunt) Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, & Mark Wystrach for "Drinkin' Problem" (Midland) Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, & Jon Randall for "Tin Man" (Miranda Lambert)	^[4]
2019	Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves	"Space Cowboy"	Kacey Musgraves	Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, & Jon Nite for "Break Up in the End" (Cole Swindell) Tom Douglas, David Hodges, & Maren Morris for "Dear Hate" (Maren Morris with Vince Gill) Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, & Ben Hayslip for "I Lived It" (Blake Shelton) Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, & Dan Smyers for "Tequila" (Dan + Shay) Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill, & Lori McKenna for "When Someone Stops Loving You" (Little Big Town)	^[5]
2020	Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker	"Bring My Flowers Now"	Tanya Tucker	Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde for "Girl Goin' Nowhere" (Ashley McBryde) Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose for "It All Comes Out in the Wash" (Miranda Lambert) Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, & Bobby Pinson, for "Some of It" (Eric Church) Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers, & Laura Veltz for "Speechless" (Dan + Shay)	^[6]
2021	Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna	"Crowded Table"	The Highwomen	Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert for "Bluebird" (Miranda Lambert) Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "The Bones" (Maren Morris) Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland for "More Hearts Than Mine" (Ingrid Andress) Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett for "Some People Do" (Old Dominion)	^[7]
2022	Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton	"Cold"	Chris Stapleton	Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "Better Than We Found It" (Maren Morris) Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian for "Camera Roll" (Kacey Musgraves) Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett for "Country Again" (Thomas Rhett) Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens for "Fancy Like" (Walker Hayes) Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling for "Remember Her Name" (Mickey Guyton)	^[8]
2023	Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis	"'Til You Can't"	Cody Johnson	Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris, & Jimmy Robbins for "Circles Around This Town" (Maren Morris) Luke Combs, Drew Parker & Robert Williford for "Doin' This" (Luke Combs) Lori McKenna & Taylor Swift for "I Bet You Think About Me" (Taylor Swift ft. Chris Stapleton) Jesse Frasure & Miranda Lambert for "If I Was a Cowboy" (Miranda Lambert) Rodney Crowell & Chris Stapleton for "I'll Love You Till the Day I Die" (Willie Nelson)	^[9]
2024	Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson	"White Horse"	Chris Stapleton	Brandy Clark & Jessie Jo Dillon for "Buried" (Brandy Clark) Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves for "I Remember Everything" (Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves) Tyler Childers & Geno Seale for "In Your Love" (Tyler Childers) John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindin & Ryan Vojtesak for "Last Night" (Morgan Wallen)	^[10]
2025	TBA	TBA	TBA	Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne for "The Architect" (Kacey Musgraves) Sean Cook, Chibueze Collins Obinna & Nevin Sastry for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (Shaboozey) Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips for "I Am Not Okay" (Jelly Roll) Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters for "I Had Some Help" (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen) Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq for "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé)	^[11]